G-Ads Is most of the traffic from Propeller Ads fake, like 99% bots?

[SelfDev]

I’ve been using Propeller Ads recently to run push ads for health VSL products. I’ve spent a few hundred dollars so far, but no sales yet (I wasn’t expecting any at this stage).

I’m curious if anyone is seeing consistent profits using Propeller Ads with health VSLs? Most of the zones I’m targeting have less than a 30% landing page CTR. It seems like there’s a lot of bot traffic or just low-quality traffic on their push network.

 

[PunkMega]

Are you using a tracker? Voluum has a built-in feature that can block bot traffic. And yes, every ad network that runs Push, Pop, and some other types of ads has bot traffic. Whether it’s PropellerAds, Adsterra, AdMaven, or others. I recommend not relying on just one network and instead spreading your offers across multiple ad networks. To me, PropellerAds still has less bot traffic compared to others.

 

[SelfDev]

Are you using a tracker? Voluum has a built-in feature that can block bot traffic. And yes, every ad network that runs Push, Pop, and some other types of ads has bot traffic. Whether it’s PropellerAds, Adsterra, AdMaven, or others. I recommend not relying on just one network and instead spreading your offers across multiple ad networks. To me, PropellerAds still has less bot traffic compared to others.

One thing I like about Propeller is that they get a lot of traffic, more than other push networks.

So with Propeller, if you optimize well, you can easily make $1,000 or more in profit every day because they have enough traffic to handle that kind of scale.

However, they also have a lot of low-quality traffic.

I use the Bemob tracker. Even though Voluum might block bot traffic, I think you still end up paying for it on Propeller Ads. I don’t think a tracker can stop the clicks Propeller sends; they will still charge you based on CPC.

Yeah, there's a lot of bot traffic, and I mean a lot. If you check your tracker and look through the zone IDs where you’re buying clicks, you’ll see some zones getting just 5-10 visits each, and guess what? No clicks on the landing page. That’s a huge waste of money. It's no surprise that people spend a few hundred dollars sending Propeller traffic to a simple offer and end up with zero conversions. If you don’t start blocking those bad zones right away, you’ll definitely be losing money.

 

[PunkMega]

I use the Bemob tracker. Even though Voluum might block bot traffic, I think you still end up paying for it on Propeller Ads. I don’t think a tracker can stop the clicks Propeller sends; they will still charge you based on CPC.

Of course, they will charge you. What I meant was that you can create your own list of zones to avoid, so in the future, you can save money by not targeting those zones.

 

[SelfDev]

Of course, they will charge you. What I meant was that you can create your own list of zones to avoid, so in the future, you can save money by not targeting those zones.

The ideal situation is to never pay for bot traffic at all, but I guess that's pretty hard to avoid, haha.

 

[Trimblue]

I’ll write it out for you again Yes, there are some bots everywhere, but the reason it feels like bots are everywhere is that you might think real people who aren't interested in what you're selling are bots. They’re not! You have to understand that there are many different kinds of people with different interests, ages, religions, etc., all on the same website or zone. Anyway, if you want to see the real amount of bots and you use Binom tracker, I can share two small scripts with you that will show you 99% of the bots. (Or you can find them yourself on their blog in a post about events or something like that).

 

[SelfDev]

I’ll write it out for you again Yes, there are some bots everywhere, but the reason it feels like bots are everywhere is that you might think real people who aren't interested in what you're selling are bots. They’re not! You have to understand that there are many different kinds of people with different interests, ages, religions, etc., all on the same website or zone. Anyway, if you want to see the real amount of bots and you use Binom tracker, I can share two small scripts with you that will show you 99% of the bots. (Or you can find them yourself on their blog in a post about events or something like that).

It might not be bots, but it's definitely low-quality traffic.

For example, there are people who click on push notifications and then leave right away.

There are a lot of these kinds of people in Propeller Ads networks.

It's really important to blacklist zones quickly after you’ve spent a little bit. Over 70% of those zone IDs aren't worth running ads on—they’re not profitable and probably never will be.

At least, that’s been my experience.

 

[WetSizzlin]

every ad network that runs Push, Pop, and some other types of ads has bot traffic.

Not all networks, just the bad ones!

PropellerAds, Adsterra, AdMaven, or others.
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None of these networks are good, especially Propeller and Adsterra. They focus on bad ads and scams. Malvertising hardly ever works and just wastes money. They mostly work with countries where people have a hard time stopping scams.

All of these companies are based in Cyprus (for legal reasons).

They also send traffic through redirects to their sites that make money using better networks.

Most of the zones I’m targeting have less than a 30% landing page CTR. It seems like there’s a lot of bot traffic or just low-quality traffic on their push network.

You’ll be lucky to get any sales. Don’t be tricked just because they bought a banner on MMO – they didn’t buy it on Google for a reason.